Mid-Atlantic Wood Design Symposium

Expand your knowledge of mass timber and wood-frame building design. Join us for a day-long symposium for architects, engineers, building owners and anyone interested in the exciting possibilities of modern wood buildings.

Choose from 14 unique sessions:

• Progressive Wood Construction: The Evolution from Low-Rise to Tall Wood
Terry Pattillo, AIA, WoodWorks

• Thinking Inside the Box: Modular Construction Demystified
Kendra Halliwell, AIA, LEED AP, ICON Architecture, and Owen Huisenga, Tocci Building Corporation

• Mass Timber Connections: Building Structural Design Skills
Duncan Bourke, PEng, BSc, ASPECT Structural Engineers

• Mid-Rise Design: Optimizing Size, Detailing for Fire & Life Safety
Lori Koch, PE, American Wood Council, and Scott Breneman, PhD, PE, SE, WoodWorks

• Shaft Wall Solutions for Wood-Frame Structures
Ricky McLain, PE, SE, WoodWorks

• A New Path Forward for Tall Wood Construction: Code Provisions and Design Steps
Lori Koch, PE, American Wood Council, and Ricky McLain, PE, SE, WoodWorks

• Enclosure Design for Mass Timber Buildings
Colin Shane PE, RDH Building Science Inc.

• Correcting Misperceptions of CLT Fire Performance
David Barber, Arup

• Mass Timber Structural Design: Engineering Modern Timber Structures
Scott Breneman, PhD, PE, SE, WoodWorks

• Advancements in Force Transfer around Openings for Wood-Framed Shear Walls
Robert (Bob) Kuserk, PE, APA

• Framing Techniques for Builders: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
Weyerhaeuser

• Using Timber for the Complex and Conventional
StructureCraft

• Integrated Air & Water Barrier Systems
Georgia-Pacific

• Why Timber is Changing the Way We Design and Build
Katie Rothenberg, HITT Contracting, Randall Walter, AIA, Bensonwood, Additional Speaker TBA

Attendees will have an opportunity to meet leading manufacturers and related suppliers at the industry exhibit showcase, as well as WoodWorks staff and other wood design experts.